All know that IoT, AI, websites, and many other network applications are the future of the digital world. But these all applications demand a faster network for its better functionality. However, Node.js is the perfect platform to build faster and scalable web applications. Therefore, many leading companies use Node.js to power their websites and network applications. NodeSource is a well-known Node.js company. Presently, it is assisting many organizations to design Node.js applications to stand out in the modern digital era. Dan Shaw founded it back in 2014 to empower production-ready Node.js applications.
NodeSource
NodeSource is an IT company having headquarters in San Francisco, CA. Currently, it is helping numerous leading companies to build Node.js applications. Also, it provides services and products to design and manage critical applications. For these services, Nodesource uses Node.js that has long-term technology plans, any company needed. In fact, the company has acquired customers like Mastercard, PayPal, Intel, Uber, NASA and many more.
It was established in 2014 by a young entrepreneur Dan Shaw.
Dan Shaw
He is best known for his contribution to the foundation of Node.js. Also, he served as an Executive director and secretary for Node.js foundation board of directors. In fact, he has been referred to as “Godfather of Node.js”. Because Dan Shaw worked very hard to build the Node.js community. In addition, he established the NodeSource to take this work further and introduced the power of Node.js to the world.
Education
He completed his graduation in computer science from West Virginia University in 2006. During his degree, he was awarded for the best presentation in advanced project management. It was for a presentation on “Complex Adaptive Systems in Systems Engineering.” After that, he completed an MS in software engineering from the same university in 2008.
Career
In 2014, he co-founded NodeSource, a first commercial entity to productize Node.js. However, Dan is best known for founding several Node.js start-ups. Includes, Storify, Voxer, and Spreecast. Also, he established the first Node.js consulting company called ‘The Node Firm’. Dan also served at PayPal as a Global Head of Developer relations. Apart from that, he is a speaker at JavaScript, Node.js, and Realtime conferences. In fact, prior to Node, he worked in several important government contracts for Defense, Education, and Health Care.
Dan is also the host of the NodeUp podcast and organizes many events to improve and flourish the Node Community. For example, NodeBots day, NodeBots SF meetup and many such events. He also referred to as a “Voice of Node.js” for his long-time service as a NodeUp podcast host.
Dan Shaw’s contributions
Dan Shaw is expertise in building large-scale and real-time systems using Node.js. In fact, he is in the business of building production services using Node since v0.2. NodeSource is a result of his immense efforts to build and grow the Node.js applications. He also served as CTO at NodeSource. Presently, the company is dedicated to establishing a sustainable Node.js ecosystem. His contribution to building the node community is noticeable that made him “Godfather of Node.js”.
NodeSource- Empowering Node.js applications
Presently, the company provides a platform to design and maintain Node.js applications. These application runtimes are the fastest-growing open source project worldwide. In fact, about 500 organizations use Node.js applications for their multiple network applications.
In the digital era, any organizations need technology plans that are long-term and adaptable to future technologies. NodeSource is the first commercial entity that productizes Node.js. However, Node.js can power the many such networking applications that come with long-term technology plans. Also, it improves the performance and security of the applications. Thus, NodeSource assisting many organizations to empower Node.js based applications. Indirectly, helping to stand out in this digital world.
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